时间:2019-01-19 作者:英语课 分类:中英双语新闻


英语课

   So, you always order books on Dangdang.com, or Amazon.cn. You pay extra because you want to receive them quickly–and you still won’t get the books until the next day.


 
  你还是一如既往地在当当网或亚马逊上订书?想快点儿拿到书,就得额外加钱,即便如此,还是要等到第二天才拿得到书。
 
  Next time you go to Kuaishubao.com and see the ad that says “book delivery within an hour”, don’t doubt it. The online bookstore, which was launched in June in Beijing, offers fast-food style book delivery.
 
  下次,登陆kuaishubao.com快书包网站,你便会看到“1小时内送书上门”的广告。不要怀疑,这千真万确。这家今年6月成立于北京的网络书店,提供快餐式的图书快递服务。
 
  “We divide the inner city into small areas, and each warehouse 1 can cover customers within three square kilometers,” Said Xu Zhiming, founder 2 of Kuaishubao.com, explaining the secret of their fast service.
 
  快书包网站创始人徐智明在解释该网站快速服务的秘诀时表示:“我们将市中心区分成多个小区域,每个库房的服务可以覆盖三平方公里内的客户群。”
 
  To ensure that books can reach customers within an hour, Xu set up about 20 warehouses 3 (10x20 square meters each) in the inner city of Beijing, hired more than 30 express delivery people and equipped them with electric bikes.
 
  为确保图书能够在一小时内送达客户手中,徐智明在北京市中心区域共设立了20个库房(每一库房的面积达200平米),此外还雇佣了30多名快递员,并为他们配备了电动车。
 
  The delivery capacity is 600 orders per day in Beijing, due to stock limitations and delivery time restrictions 4. Maybe that’s why you will find there are only about 300 book titles on the website.
 
  由于库容及送货时间的限制,日送货量为600个订单。这或许就是为什么该网站上在售的书只有大概300种吧。
 
  “We mainly choose best-sellers and books which are worth reading,” Xu said. “If Dangdang and Amazon are the Walmart of the book sector 5, we are more like 7-Eleven–speed and convenience is our thing.”
 
  徐智明说:“我们主要选择畅销书以及值得一读的书籍,如果把当当和亚马逊比作书店行业中的沃尔玛,那么我们就好比是7-11,主打的是快速和便捷牌。
 
  Currently Kuaishubao’s services are only available in Beijing, Shanghai, Xi’an, Chengdu and Tianjin.
 
  目前快书包的服务仅限北京、上海、西安、成都及天津等几座城市。
 
  Kings of convenience demand instant service
 
  体验便利之都的即时服务
 
  Japan
 
  日本
 
  In Japan, having goods sent to your door is called “takuhaibin”. Apart from speed, delivery services are renowned 6 for their convenience and efficiency: you can receive your goods on time even if you’re not home.
 
  在日本,送货上门的服务被称为“宅急送”。宅急送除了快速的特点外,更以便捷及高效而闻名:即便不在家,你也可以准时收到货品。
 
  Some of the largest delivery service companies in Japan, such as Yamato Transport and Sagawa Express, can drop off goods at most of the countless 7 convenience stores found across Japan, and a variety of other stores that display a “takuhaibin” sign.
 
  日本最大的几家快递公司,譬如大和运输公司及佐川急便,都可以将货品送到日本各地的难以计数的便利店和贴有“宅急送”标志的各式商店中。
 
  So, once you tell the company where you will be at the time of delivery, they’ll send the goods to the nearest pick-up location for you.
 
  因此,只要告知快递公司送货时你所处的地点,他们就会将货品送到离你最近的取货点。
 
  South Korea
 
  韩国
 
  South Korean people are renowned for their ability to enjoy life. They wouldn’t step out the front door if they could help it–or, should we say, various delivery services have spoiled them for choice.
 
  韩国人是出了名的会享受生活。如果不想,他们便不会轻易走出家门,换而言之,他们被品类繁多的快递服务给宠坏了。
 
  Fast food deliveries such as pizza and burgers are commonplace; you can also call for food from a fancy restaurant or a coffee from Starbucks. Pay monthly, and you’ll get fruit and snacks sent to your house two or three times a week.
 
  像披萨和汉堡之类的快餐速递已经是再寻常不过了,此外,你还可以给高档餐馆或星巴克打电话叫外卖。选择月付费,你每周还有两到三次可以收到送货上门的水果和零食。
 
  You can also order more speciality items such as large inflatable toys that will turn your house into a playground. One phone call will also bring a fitness coach to your house, bringing all manner of fitness equipment with him.
 
  你还可以订购更多的特色货品,诸如可以把你家变身为运动场的大型充气玩具。打一个电话就可以把健身教练叫到家,同时送达的还有各式各样的健身器材。

n.仓库;vt.存入仓库
  • We freighted the goods to the warehouse by truck.我们用卡车把货物运到仓库。
  • The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse.经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。
n.创始者,缔造者
  • He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
  • According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说,罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。
仓库,货栈( warehouse的名词复数 )
  • The whisky was taken to bonded warehouses at Port Dundee. 威士忌酒已送到邓迪港的保稅仓库。
  • Row upon row of newly built warehouses line the waterfront. 江岸新建的仓库鳞次栉比。
约束( restriction的名词复数 ); 管制; 制约因素; 带限制性的条件(或规则)
  • I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
  • a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制
n.部门,部分;防御地段,防区;扇形
  • The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
  • The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。
adj.著名的,有名望的,声誉鹊起的
  • He is one of the world's renowned writers.他是世界上知名的作家之一。
  • She is renowned for her advocacy of human rights.她以提倡人权而闻名。
adj.无数的,多得不计其数的
  • In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
  • I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。
学英语单词
abarognosia
acute schizophrenic episode
admittees
advocatrix
ahearns
albiet
ampullariids
Aprilfool
astacin
audit objective
becktons
bernales
British Columbians
bum raps
campaigner
case unit
celestial fixing
clachans
Cleyera yangchunensis
closing velocity
cooler cock
cotton on to
curve-negotiating s/r machine
cut-up test
decopperize
decorso
delirium mussitans
division Eumycota
domkop
dough mt.
eccyesis thyroid tissue
ecotopia
elevator car
end-effect simulation
Epipactis xanthophaea
equivalency
ethoxides
extra-oral traction appliances
field-assembled
Fiske
fromanteels
fun-houser
functional impairment
gerstenmaier
have an ill opinion of
head dominant
here document
impracticablenesses
in modern thinking
inner marker signal
instant acknowledge mode
integral vector
Isabelle, Point
jalabiah
killed vaccine
Leucothea
market write downs
masthead flashing light
metropathia
model of input-output in investment
motion-resistance-force characteristics
multi-use chaining channel
multiband spectral reconnaissance
natural colour
nervi pterygoideus internus
nettle agent
Nitro-Dur
palaeofaecal
particle counting and size distribution in oil
pestled
pleiotrophic
PN, p.n.
poop out
primary poverty
princess pine
pseudoresistance
put balls on
rainbow herring
roll-type crusher
scutcheon
semi-ovate
shijos
SIBOR
soles
subsidiary ledger accounts
supergravity
switcher
thin-walled column
Tindurin
top-end-lop
torsional spring clutch
tried on
UHRC
uncovered sweets
underbreaks
Vincent's white mycetoma
vorne
warrnambool
wata
wavefield
white slavers
xiao'er ganmao granules